Snap-fastener cap.



H. KERNGOOD.

SNAP FASTBNEB GAP.

\PX'LIOATIOI FILED I-AI. 12, 1 911.

1,037,263. Patented Sept 3, 1912.

j NITED .sTATEsfPAfi-ErfioFFIoE.-

z-znmvmn- KEnN Goo n, orpan'rmon'n, m RYL nn; 13 mm zro ALMA MANUFAC-TUBING COMPANY oEjBALrIMoRncIrY, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORA- TIONor mARYLA'nn-i- .Be it known that I, HERMAN. Knnxo oonj a citizen of he[United States, residing at Baltimore, ifthe State of Marylanddhaveinvented acertain new a'nd useful Im1)rovfollowing is a full, clear, andexact descrip;

.tion.

.Thecaps-.oricovers ortops, as they are 'indifferently named, of thesocket membersof" snap fasteners and similar but-toning de- \iccs.have-been made in a more or, less ex} pensive -manner, of metal,celluloid, horn, ivoryor pearland other: substances, and furnished withvarious designs, principally in thenatur of advertisements of the makerof or dealer inthe articles to which'they. are applied,- In. o nemethod. of manufacturing these caps, a metal cup-like shell is. supplied-with a coyei; of paper-backed c'elluloid in a thin sheet on which coveralone the design 'is placed; The design isimpress d-in in taglio andinrelief, or a combinati of-both styles, and in other'ways. In the 1dstyle,

substantial support for the desi tlie shell is left p1ain,' an d hencetere is no on thecover, and so the-design is soond faced in ting the.fastener. If the design were made. separately on the cover and the"shell, the cover and shell would have to be accurately. fitted in orderthat the lines of the-;design on the two shouldregister Such perfectregistration vould be' costly in time ahd labor,- and consequentlyt'vouldenhance the first cost iminoderately and in tact prohib it-ively.In the solid caps, of course, the dc sign of whatever style is entirelypracticable,

and it is-one object of this invention tosimulate such solid caps in a'covered cap. .'lhe-inyentioncons ists of an" ornamental' facefor snapfastener caps, .which is made" up of an inner metal shell and an outercover of impressionable material, such as paper-. backed celluloid,suitably united, the, design being impressed .in the twoparts andregistering tl'iroughout, all as I will proceed now more particularly toset forth and finally claim. .In the accompanying drawings, illustratingthe invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly.'deslgnated,

Figure 1 is a cross-section of the cover; F ig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe shell, and Fig. 3.

' illustrated. in the drawings.

is across-section ofthe cover and shell asj Specification oqretter'srant'; Patented Sept.3,-1912. [Application fil d :an a m'imi. Serialnoreoas s} 1 7 fse'gnbied and[impress d the desim "Figi t' ls across-section'of the finished cap;-

.F1g;-5 is a-top .pla-n vim-"thereof, and Fig.

. I. I (l is abottoin plan View thereo illustrat1ye,' it beingunderstood that the most elaborate-designs may be applied in accordance,witlrthis invention. Further, it Q is to be understood that: theinvention is not limited to the use of paper-backed celluloid,

'or. indeed to any form of celluloid. but I haveobtained satisfactoryresults from the use of paper-backed celluloid, because of itscapability of receiving and retaining the dc sign} and its'adaptabilitytobeing colored to match theartiole on which tlie'cap is used, 1 andits'conformabil'ity to th'elshell as a cover therefor; nor is theinvention limited to the use of; any v particular substance for, the

cover; nor is-the ilni-ent-ion restricted to any kind of fastening lViththis" general statement of the objectand principle of the invention, I-will-pro ceed to a description of .the invention as Thecover 1 may be ofthe substan'ce de- 4 v fisired iand it is shown as composed of anuse,.and indeed is liable to be defile d in setouter slft ele't'br layerof celluloid 2 and abacking paper. Thiscovefr'is cut in circuarv shown,in ,3. Simultaneously with this last describedbperation, the design 5 isimpressed on the'cover andshell at one operation and thus registeredaccurately in the.-

two members. To form a.cap,.cover, or to'p for a snapfastenersocket, ananvil srted within. the shell and'next to 1t'.'.1s

placed the .-collet-"7, the edge 8 of the cover. .1 being tucked orcrimped'in between-the the 'collet, and then the edge-flange 9 of theshellclosed in, as seen in .Fig. 4, thus firnily uniting all of theparts. 'A; space 10 is left' between the anviL'and colletto receive theattaching eyelet, not. shown, but of usual 100 form and modeof setting.

. w The application of'thecovento the shell and the simultaneousimpressing of the de' sign upon the two may be effected by suit-sablyengraved or-o'therwise prepared dies, mounted in a suitable press. Bythis oper- A very simple design is shown merelyas 60 no and bent overthe metal shell 4, as 55 nside ofithe shell and .the adjacent edgeof 2 Vv g 1,637,263

.eny Color and with any design, and the sign on or in the coveraccuretely and adeguately supported from beneath 'and rein orced aga nstdefacement by wear and tear,

its .ior'm and integrity. What I claim is:-

,or in other words, backed upso as to re ain 1. 'An ornamental feee forsnap fastenercaps, having. an inner metal shell and 'an outer'co'ver.'of impressionable material placed over the shell and fixed. toitythe two .cover and shell end reg1stering throughout, whereby thecover, design is backed up and reinforced" against wear and tear by theparts containing a desi n impressed in'the same design the shell.

2.An ornamental face for snap"festener capsghaying an outercover ofpaper-backed celluloid and an inner metal shell suitably united andprovided with, a design impressed in the cmer and shell. and registermgthroughout, whereby the design in the :cover is supported from beneathby the oor-.

responding design in the shell.

-- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh'dziyof -January,

'A.D'. 1911. g

-HERMAN KERNGOOD.

Witnesses:

A. H. GREENEBAUM, NELLI DOYLE.

